Part one of term paper
When Miracle McCloy's mother dies before her birth, she's seen by her psychic grandmother as a miracle and named accordingly. Miracle receives occasional love and attention from her father, Dane, a writing prodigy who hasn't published a book in years. One night her Aunt Casey comes over a séance Gigi is holding, to contact Miracle’s mother ...

Part two of term paper
... that’s Dane has in fact “melted”. After this her behavior slowly changes, and she no longer believes in reality, she bases everything on what her Gigi tells her, such as the meanings of numbers and colors and auras. At age fourteen she severely burns herself by trying to melt like her father. She is then Institutionalized. With the help of a doctor and the support of her Aunt Casey, Miracle slowly adapts back into reality. She learns the truth about her mother and her father. When her mom w ...